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Diego SIMEONE: “I dream of coaching Argentina”

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Diego SIMEONE re-affirmed his stance on wanting to coach the Argentina National Team.

Diego SIMEONE spoke about his desire to coach Argentina and how a solution must be found for the best coaches to manage their clubs and countries at the same time. Here’s what he had to say:

“I aspire to that, I dream of coaching my National Team.”

“It’s hard to do both (coach club and country) at the same time, it’s not easy. I think with time it can be done but not today. We’re not ready for it. The best thing is the National Team. There’s something holding you back from going to coach (National Teams). We have to look for solutions for us, for those who like to coach the best teams in the world and would like to coach National Teams. We’re looking for a good system that allows us to coach in the top teams in the world.”

“I often wonder why GUARDIOLA doesn’t coach Spain, why ANCELOTTI doesn’t coach Italy. There’s this thing about how the best coaches in the world can’t coach their National Teams. We have to look for a solution, just like I’m looking for a solution: To coach the National Team and club at the same time. There’s a problem with that but we have to look for a solution otherwise the supposedly best coaches in the world will not be able to coach their National Teams.”

La Liga – Week 1: Argentine Preview

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Spain’s La Liga has kicked off with two matches and it continue’s onto Monday.

Just like we are doing with the English Premier League and will be doing with the Italian Serie A, we will be covering all the fixtures involving Argentinian players in the top European leagues. Here’s the fixture list of matches involving Argentinian players for the opening round of Spain’s La Liga.

Saturday:
FC Barcelona (Lionel MESSI and Javier MASCHERANO) vs. Real Betis (German PEZZELLA)
Granada (Ezequiel PONCE) vs. Villarreal (Mariano BARBOSA and Mateo MUSACCHIO)
Sevilla (Nicolas PAREJA, Gabriel MERCADO, Matias KRANEVITTER, Joaquin CORREA and Luciano VIETTO) vs. RCD Espanyol (Martin DEMICHELIS and Pablo PIATTI)

Sunday:
Real Sociedad (Geronimo RULLI) vs. Real Madrid
Atletico Madrid (Augusto FERNANDEZ, Nicolas GAITAN and Angel CORREA) vs. Deportivo Alaves (Cristian ESPINOZA)

Monday:
Celta de Vigo (Gustavo CABRAL and Facundo RONCAGLIA) vs. CD Leganes (Martin MANTOVANI and Alexander SZYMANOWSKI)
Valencia (Lucas ORBAN, Enzo PEREZ and Fede CARTABIA) vs. Las Palmas (Mateo GARCIA and Sergio ARAUJO)

Premier League – Week 2: Argentine Preview

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Manchester United (With Sergio ROMERO on the bench and Marcos ROJO out of the squad) kicked off the second round of the English Premier League.

But there’s still plenty of action. With Sergio AGUERO and Erik LAMELA both scoring in the first week, can they keep their momentum going? Here’s the fixture list of English Premier League matches for the second week involving Argentinian players.

Saturday:
Stoke City vs. Manchester City (Willy CABALLERO, Nicolas OTAMENDI, Bruno ZUCULINI and Sergio AGUERO)
Tottenham (Erik LAMELA) vs. Crystal PALACE (Julian SPERONI)
Watford (Roberto PEREYRA) vs. Chelsea
West Brom (Claudio YACOB) vs. Everton (Ramiro FUNES MORI)
Swansea City (Federico FERNANDEZ) vs. Hul City
Leicester City (Leonardo ULLOA) vs. Arsenal (Emiliano MARTINEZ)

Sunday:
West Ham United (Manuel LANZINI, Jonathan CALLERI) vs. Bournemouth

Cristian ESPINOZA to play for Deportivo Alaves

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Argentine forward Cristian ESPINOZA has joined Deportivo Alaves on loan from Villarreal for the next season, the Spanish football club announced today.

The 21-year-old demonstrated his skills and qualities well in the Rio Olympic Games for Argentina. I think that this is a good move for him as he will be with his fellow countryman and coach Mauricio PELLEGRINO. What do you guys think? Does this kid have a future with the senior national team?

OFFICIAL: Genoa sign Giovanni SIMEONE

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Hello everyone,

Genoa have officially confirmed the signing of Giovanni Simeone, son of Atletico Madrid Coach Diego Simeone.  He was previously on loan playing with Banfield in the Primera Division.  There will be a formal presentation to the media tomorrow: Friday August 19.  Simeone has recently returned from the Rio Olympics, where he made three appearances for Argentina. What do you guys think of this player? Does the Italian league suit him?  Does he have national team potential?

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